NYSDOT In Valhalla Helps Fight Buffalo Blizzard

NYSDOT trucks from Valhalla getting ready to be deployed to BuffaloPhoto Credit: Facebook NYSDOT trucks from Valhalla getting ready to be deployed to BuffaloPhoto Credit: FacebookPictures of the Buffalo snow posted on the NYSDOT's Twitter accountPhoto Credit: TwitterPictures of the Buffalo snow posted on the NYSDOT's Twitter accountPhoto Credit: TwitterPictures of the Buffalo snow posted on the NYSDOT's Twitter accountPhoto Credit: Twitter

comment

VALHALLA, N.Y. – New York State Department of Transportation employees from Valhalla and Katonah have been called in to help fight the heavy snow that is burying their upstate neighbors in Buffalo.

“DOT is a statewide organization, so, as a matter of practice, when storms hit various parts of the state we routinely move our assets and people around the state to help the impacted areas,” said Gina DiSarro, a NYSDOT spokeswoman for Region 8.

“DOT personnel have been working cooperatively with other state and municipal agencies to help clear the roads in the Buffalo region,” DiSarro said.

The department has moved 199 plows and 446 operators and supervisors from around the state into western New York, as well as borrowed three large snow blowers from Connecticut,
according to the governor’s website
.

A total of 347 plows, 880 operators and supervisors, 36 loaders and 17 large blowers will help combat the storm. The National Guard also will assist.